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you could follow the wild ducks in their flight,
would find that they do not stay on waters
re they cannot get enough to eat. They may
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A paters and marshes where their favorite foods such
Wild Rice, Wild Celery, Sago Pond Plants,
Wapato, etc., grow abundantly.

t|#u!Hli^rge human populations are maintained by in-
rrmispd production of food— grains, fruits, vegetables
and live stock. On the other hand, the food supply
of vild creatures has been materially cut down by
draining of marshes, pollution, clearing of land, pasturing, and destruction of berry-bearing shrubs
and vines along highways and fences. To maintain and increase your wild life population, it is
necessary to plant plenty of food for them in most places.

For information on important food and cov<ir plants for wild ducks, upland game birds, song
birds, muskrats and fish — ornamental water plants, trees, shrubs and vines that can be planted now,
turn to the next page —

Terrell’s Aquatic Farms and Nurseries

Specialists in Natural Food Plants for Wild Life

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U. S. A.

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Wild Rice Is To Docks
What Candy Is
To “Kids”

Wild Rice ( Zizania aquatica ) is a
favorite food of the marsh ducks, Mal¬
lards, Black Ducks, Pintails, Teal, etc.
Thousands of them crowd into the
Wild Rice marshes as drainage and civilization des¬
troy their old haunts. The plants grow quite high
supplying cover and nesting places, as well as food,
for the ducks. It is also a good Muskrat food.

Wild Rice grows in slow-running, fresh water
streams, lakes, ponds or marshes having a perma¬
nent outlet. It should be planted on mud bottom
in sunny, sheltered bays in from 6 inches to 3 feet
of water. Wild Rice does best north of a line drawn
from San Francisco, Calif., to Savannah, Ga., al¬
though it has been grown in Louisiana and Alabama.

TERRELL’S GIANT WILD RICE
SEED is fully twice the size of or¬
dinary Wild Rice seed (see illus¬
trations below) — requires less seed
— produces more feed than ordinary
variety. Terrell’s seed is kept in
special damp cold storage, as re¬
quired to insure high germination.
Dry seed will not grow.

Wild Rice seed may be planted
during spring any time waters are
free of ice. Use 60 lbs. per acre.
5ft. 100 lbs. $43; Bu. (30 lbs.) $15.00;

Peck, $3.95; % Pk. $2.00. Smaller
lots 60c lb. or 72c lb. postpaid.

( Special prices on larger quantities.)

Terrell’s Giant Wild Rice
Requires Less Seed
Makes More Feed

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Ordinary Wild Rice Seed

Giant Wild Rice

BOTH NATURAL SIZE

Terrell’s Expert Planting Advice With All Orders

Wild Celery is “The Staff of
Life” for Canvasbacks

Canvasbacks, Redheads and Bluebills feed on
Wild Celery ( Vallisneria spirals ) in preference to
other foods. Scientists call the Canvasbacks,
Ay thy a vallisneria , which means “duck that feeds
on Wild Celery,” Vallisneria being the scientific
name for the Wild Celery plant. Other ducks which
feed on Wild Celery include the wood duck, wid¬
geon, pintail, ruddy, bufflehead, whistler, teal,
scoters, mallard and black duck. Geese, swans and
coots also eat it.

Good Fish Pasture

Wild Celery is an ideal fish food and cover pro¬
ducer. It insures more and bigger fish. It helps
purify the water.

Wild Celery thrives in fresh or slightly brackish
waters, in sheltered bays, 2 to 8 feet deep. Thrives
in practically all parts of U. S. and Canada. Easily
grown from Terrell’s selected winter-buds or plants
planted from March 20th to July 20th. Use 1,200
per acre. 1000, $15; 300, $5; 100, $2.

Sago Pond Plant

Best Duck and Fish Food for Alkali, Slightly
Salt, Marl or Hard Water

Authorities proclaim Sago Pond Plant ( Potamoge -
ton pectmatus) the best all around wild duck food,
also the best food and shelter plants for fish. It is
eaten by swans and over twenty kinds of ducks.
Early in the fall it has clusters of seeds, the size of
wheat, which are greedily eaten by blue-winged
teal, mallards, and other early ducks. Later in the
season, it produces great quantities of tubers al¬
most equal to Wild Celery as a Canvasback food.
tt bit§:o P°nd Plant thrives throughout the entire
u. fc>. and Canada. It should be planted only in hard
w atei s containing some lime. Plant the tubers from
February 1st to July 15th, in iy2 to 4 ft. of water,
m shettcrai bays on any kind of bottom but stony.

V ill spiead to deeper and more exposed situations.

Use 1200 tubers per acre. Terrell sells
only selected tubers — each capable of
pioducing vigorous growth.

1000, $22.50; 100, $3; 25, $1.

Wild Celery

Sago Pond Plant

Duck Foods For Every Condition— See Price-List

Wild Duck Millet

For Mud Flats -- Lowlands -- Lands That Can
Be Drained and Flooded

Wild Duck Millet ( Echinochloa crus-galli ) is an
important food for mallards, pintails and teal. It
grows over most of the U. S. This plant made
up to 50 to 75% of the food of mallards from Da.
examined by U. S. Biological Survey. It is also an
important food for ducks in Ark., Wis., Ala., Ill.,
S. D., Mass., S. C., Mo. and Calif. It grows 2 to 4
feet high, making considerable cover. It is also a
food for geese, quail, doves and upland game birds
and song birds as well as wild ducks.

Plant on mud flats, lowlands, areas left bare
during summer when water goes down, or land
along water’s edge. Suited to old rice fields in the
South. Sow from April 1st to July 10 in the North
and up to August 1st in South and a crop will be
secured same season. 100 pounds plants 3 acres.
100 ibs., $13; 25 lbsi, $3.50. Smaller lots 16c lb.
or 26c lb. postpaid.

Lowland Duck Food Mixture at a Low Price

Contains Wild Duck Millet, Smartweed, and other
lowland seeds that ducks love. Grows on mud
flats and same conditions as wild duck millet. Not
quite so high germination as our wild duck millet.
100 lbs. $6 ; 25 lbs. $2 ; Small lots 10c id. or zoc
lb. postpaid. Supply limited .

(Seed heads) Wild Duck Millet

Provides Excellent Food and Cover

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Wapato

Wapato Is To Ducks,
Geese And Muskrats
What Potatoes Are
To You

“Duck Potato’’ and “Muskrat
Potato” are names often given
this important food plant, Sagit-
taria latifolia, that indicate its
importance as a food. It produces
numerous tubers, seed and tender
white runners that are eaten by
geese, swan and practically all
kinds of wild ducks, as well as
muskrats. Has handsome arrow-
shaped leaves — stalks of white flowers with yellow
center — widely planted as ornamental.

Easily and quickly grown from Terrell’s selected
tubers. ‘Thrives in practically all parts of U. S. and
Canada, in marshy places, mud flats, and in water
up to 1 y2 ft. deep. Plant 1200 tubers per acre.

1000, $15; 300, $5; 100, $2; 25 for $1.

Get More And Bigger Fish
Provide Food And Cover

“We may stock our fish waters ever so liberally,
but the fish will not thrive without an abundance
of suitable food.” — Editorial from “American Field.”

Certain plants provide plenty of food, also coyer
where small fish can escape from their enemies.
They insure more young fish reaching maturity
and increase fish production. Pish feed on parts
of the plants and on the countless numbers of small
insect and animal life which these plants support.

The following are excel¬
lent food and cover produc¬
ing plants for fish ;

Bladderwort (grows in
acid waters), Coontail,
Ducks Meat, Muskgrass,
Naias, Pickerel Plant, Sago
Pond Plant, Water Cress,
Water Lilies, Water Mil¬
foil, Water Shield, Water
Weed, Wild Celery, Wild
Rice.

For descriptions
and prices on frogs,
crawfish and plants
listed above, see

Cat-tail price-list.

Terrell's Seeds Successfully Used Since 1896

Muskrats + Food = $ $ $

The Muskrat, A Valuable Fur-Bearer

The number of muskrats you can raise on your
marsh or waters depends on the food supply. Musk¬
rats will increase in numbers as far as the food
supply permits, but no farther. Provide an abun¬
dance of muskrat pasturage and you may find
fences, to retain them, unnecessary — in fact, musk¬
rats from other marshes will be attracted by the
food on your marsh .

Foods Muskrats Love

The following- plants are the mainstay of the
muskrat’s food supply the year around. They are
easily grown. Plant feeding beds here and there.
When once started they will reseed themselves and
spread out. Foods listed in the order of importance.

FOR SHALLOW WATERS UP TO 2 FT. DEEP

f*tSweet Flag, f*fCattail, *Wapato (Muskrat
Potato), *tBur Reed, f*tWild Rice.

FOR WATER 2 TO 5 FT. DEEP

f* Water Lilies, *$Great Bulrush, JMuskgrass.

NOTE: *For Alkaline (hard) Waters. fFor
Slightly Acid (soft) Waters. $Used by muskrats in
building houses.

The additional amount of fur that can be taken
will pay many times over for the planting-
materials needed.

For prices, description and quantity to plant per
acre, see our price-list.

Ask Terrell’s — Practical Muskrat Farmers Since I89t

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Ornamental Water Plants

Any bit of water, swamp, marsh, shoreline or an
artificial pool, can be made a beautiful and inter¬
esting place like that shown below. By planting
hardy varieties listed here, you can have flowers
and birds all through the season. In waters up to
four feet deep plant f*Water Lilies (white, pink,
and yellow).

in very shallow waters in the foreground plant
t*Blue Water Iris, pink f*Swamp Loosestrife, gold¬
en f*Marsh Marigold, blue-flowered f*Pickerel
Plant, white and yellow-flowered *Wapato, fWild
Calla.

Plant clumps of odd*Bur Reed, *Bulrush, f*Cat
Tail, f*Sweet Flag, f*Wild Rice and bamboo-like
*±tetd Grass with feathery plumes, where they will
not hide other flowers. In moist soil along the
shore plant the brilliant red f*Cardinal Flower,
flagrant f*lndian Plume, f*Blue Water Iris,
t*Marsh Mallow, f*Blue Lobelia, *Bur Reed; also
such trees and shrubs as f*Pussey, f*Golden or
Weeping Willow, f*Elderbeiry with large clusters
of fragrant white blossoms, and evergreens such as
f* Arbor Vitae. On higher ground plant flowering
shrubs and trees recommended on next page. For
prices and description see price list.

*For Alkali (hard) water. fFor Acid (soft)
Water.

Ornamental Water Planting

Terrell’s Materials Selected For Growing Ability

Ornamental Berry*

Bearing Shrubs,

Trees and Vines
Tor Birds

You can make your place doubly inter¬
esting-, if, when you plant trees, shrubs
or vines, you plant the following va¬
rieties that have seeds, fruits or berries that
attract birds. Evergreens should be planted
as shelter for birds in severe weather, and
for nesting places.

Plant To Attract Birds

For a low hedge or screen plant the red-berried
Japanese Barberry; cover a fence with such vines
as Bittersweet, Wild Grape and Virginia Creeper
(Am. Ivy). These vines may also be trained over
porches, arbors, dead trees or stumps, banks, stone
walls, etc.

For a high hedge, screen or windbreak use the
red-berried Pink Tartarian Bush Honeysuckle and
such evergreens as Arbor Vitae (White Cedar).

Shrubs for planting around buildings, fences,
drives or in shrub corners, include Sumacs, Coral-
berry, Wild Meadow Rose, Japanese Barberry, (all
having red berries), Elderberry (purple and red
berries), and Snowberry.

Trees for planting fon shade and ornament in¬
clude Bird Cherry, White Mulberry, Beechnut, Red
Oak and Ashleaved Maple ; also the following ever¬
greens : Red and Scotch Pine and Arbor Vitae.

Plant Several Varieties For All Year
Food and Beauty

For Winter and Spring Food, Shelter and Beauty,
use Sumacs, Japanese Barberry, Wild Rose, Ever¬
greens, Bittersweet, Coral-berry, Snowberry, Vir¬
ginia Creeper, Ash-leaved Maple, Wild Grape,
Tartarian Bush Honeysuckle, Beechnut, Red Oak,
Pussey Willow, Golden Willow.

For Summer and Autumn Colors, Berries and
Food, use Bird Cherry, Japanese Barberry, Sumacs,
Red Oak, Snowberry, Coral-berry, Wild Rose, Vir¬
ginia Creeper (Am. Ivy), Bittersweet, Wild Grape,
Elderberry, Beechnut, Box Elder, Tartarian Bush
Honeysuckle.

Flowers, bright fruits and berries, some of them
hanging on all winter, and evergreen leaves make
these species the most beautiful ornamentals you
can obtain.

No lot is so small that it cannot have a mulberry
tree to attract birds. Owners of farms and larger
tracts may plant groups of ten to twenty of the
different varieties, here and there along fences, in
corners, ravines and in uncutlivated areas. These
groups will spread out covering larger areas.

For prices and description of above, and list of
birds they attract see price-list.

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Specialists On Foods For Wild Life

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How to Get Quail,” F. Potts
Photo in American Field

Foods for Quail, Grouse, Pheasants
Keep Them From Straying

To keep quail, pheasants, ruffed grouse and
prairie chickens from straying away, provide plen¬
ty of food and cover. Plow spots near cover ; sow
Wild Millet and Duck Wheat. Duck Wheat is not
suitable south of Maryland except in mountains.
For southern localities plant Chufa, Bene, Wild
Duck Millet, and Lespedeza.

Also plant evergreens and berry-bearing trees,
shrubs and vines that provide fruits and berries,
which cling through winter. Scatter these plantings
over property, in ravines, on hillsides, along fences,
roads, etc. The plantings beautify your property.
Trees, shrubs and vines do not require replanting

Prairie Chickens are always attracted by Duck
Wheat (Tartary Buckwheat). Also eat Red Oak
acorns, berries of Wild Rose, Virginia Creeper, Su¬
macs, Wild Grapes. Sharp-tailed Grouse eat Wild
Rose hips, Mulberries, Snowberries. Wild Doves
eat Chufa, Bird Cherries. Wild Turkeys eat Red
Oak acorns, Beechnuts. Numerous Foods of Quail,
Ruffled Grouse and Pheasants are listed, page 3
of price-list. For descriptions and prices of above
see price-list.

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